Milwaukee Streetcars and Buses Resume After Strike Threat
Milwaukee transportation returned to service as streetcars and buses re entered after a day idle. Officials and union representatives met with Prof. Nathan Feinsinger to seek a resolution under Wisconsin anti strike law and discuss back to work movement.
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Transport Company
Nathan Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin Law School
State Employment Relations Board
Wisconsin
George Koechel
DiVision 998
AFL
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees
Feinsinger
L. E. Gooding
WERB
Metropolis Skips Transit For Day Spurs Unusual Traffic
Milwaukee area with 750000 people loses streetcars and buses for a day. Cars from winter storage fill car pools. taxi firms struggle to meet calls. Retailers report sizable losses as shoppers avoid downtown. some firms run with reduced staff. Attendance generally steady with delays. A supermarket banner offers free transportation home with $2 purchases.
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Milwaukee
Twin Lakes Photo Shop Fire Causes $6000 Loss
Fire gutted a photo shop and an adjacent vacant store in Twin Lakes, threatening the post office before volunteers from Twin Lakes and Wilmot controlled flames. Damages totaled about $6,000 to the building, with $1,000 in shop contents loss claimed by Herman Appel. No injuries apart from a bruised eye to firefighter Paul Brown.
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Twin Lakes
Wilmot
John Schippers
Herman Appel
Appel
Kermit Schreck
Ernest Oberhofer
Paul Brown
B. Weber
Bazal Creamery Company
Farmer's Grain Elevator Burns in Winona Fire
A Winona Minnesota grain elevator owned by a farmer was destroyed by fire last night with estimated losses around 100000 dollars. Fire crews arrived after 9 PM and reported total loss about 80 minutes later.
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Winona, Minn
Winona
Minn
Rhode Explains County Tax Setup Amid Tax Protest
Joseph G. Rhode at Kenosha county board defends tax plan after Chamber of Commerce warned of potential refunds. He presents December 31 balance, January and February projections, and notes no surplus exists to cut taxes, while reaffirming efforts to hold down the levy.
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Kenosha
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph G. Rhode
County Board
Rhode
County Board Finance Committee
U. S. Treasury
Kenosha County Fair Association
Polio Campaign Seeks 15000 for January Drive
Dr. E D Newman county chairman announced a January 14 to 31 polio campaign to raise 15000 for the March of Dimes. Local division chairs include G M Phelan Harold Newton and others from various clubs and organizations. Half of funds stay in Kenosha, the rest go to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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E. D. Newman
Newman
National Foundation For
G. M. Phelan
Harold Newton
M. Eugene Baker
Junior Chambers of Commerce
Junior Woman's Club
Phil Sander
Kenosha County
Otto Steffenson
Phela
State Railroads Face Speed Violation Charges in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Attorney General Thomas E Fairchild filed suits in Dane County Circuit Court accusing four railroads Chicago and North Western Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Green Bay and Western Chicago Burlington and Quincy of exceeding city speed limits at crossings. Penalties total 13000 with each violation cited from five for Milwaukee Road to two for North Western and Green Bay lines.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Fairchild
Chicago and North Western
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul and
Burlington
North Western
Green Bay
PSC
Waunakee
Lynxville
Seymour
Prairie du Chien
Reeseville
Sun Prairie
Fairchild
Tomahawk carpenter dies after ingesting denatured alcohol
Clarence Showers, 62, of Tomahawk Wisconsin, died while on the way to a local hospital after reportedly drinking about a half gallon of denatured alcohol. Authorities stated the manner of death is under investigation.
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Tomahawk, Wis
U.P
Clarence Showers
Tomahawk Carpenter
Truman Attends Vote Counting at Capitol Birthday Luncheon
President Truman unexpectedly entered the House chamber as electoral votes were counted. The session confirmed his opponent Gov. J. Strom Thurmond carried South Carolina’s eight votes for the States Rights party. Also, Conrad Shoe Co. in North Abington Mass. plans immediate closure due to no orders. Milwaukee prison overcapacity prompts warden to face threats from inmates.
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Washington
Truman
House of Representatives
Congress
Mr. Truman
Capitol
Sam Rayburn
South Carolina
States Rights Party
J. Strom Thurmond
Inaugural Housing Bureau Seeks Private Lodging
Inaugural committee offers lodging help for visitors during inauguration week. Several thousand Washington residents have agreed to rent spare rooms at nominal prices. For offers contact the Inaugural Housing Bureau at 509 14th St. N. W. Washington.
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Washington
Inaugural Housing Bureau
14Th St. N. W
Israel Agrees To Cease Fire In Palestine
Israel said it accepted an Egyptian cease fire request and armistice talks but no Egypt word delayed a halt. A spokesman noted Egypt proposed a UN backed halt at 2 pm with talks to follow if honored. Despite calls from the UN Security Council, fighting in the Negev persisted as Israeli forces pressed toward Beersheba toward Cairo.
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Tel
United Nations Security Council
London
Whitehall
Egypt
Beersheba
Cairo
Christmas Eve Services Mark Russian Orthodox Observance
Soviet churches in Moscow held Russian Christmas Eve services with midnight masses across cathedrals and churches. Choirs and church dignitaries participated as Russians continue celebrating Christmas on January 7 due to calendar differences.
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Moscow
Soviet Proposal Rejected by Far Eastern Commission
The eleven nation Far Eastern Commission rejected a Soviet proposal to condemn Japan's new no strike bargaining law for government workers.
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Washington
Far Eastern Commission
Japan
Most Disastrous Freeze in California History
California and Colorado faced a severe cold wave as citrus crops suffer massive damage. California officials warned losses could exceed prior record totals with price spikes already evident. In Colorado, 8,000 stranded residents were rescued via Red Cross trains and military air support as blizzards continued to strand motorists and rail travelers.
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Los Angeles
U.P
California
Southland
Citrus
F. M. Kramer
Denver
Red Cross
Rockport
Nunn
Lone Tree
Colorado
Greeley
Cheyenne
Wye
Wyoming
Municpal Court Fines Totals For Uninspected Meat Charges
Municipal Judge Edward J. Ruetz fined ten defendants a total of 750 dollars and dismissed two on charges of possession of uninspected meat. Several defendants were found guilty with small fines, others pleaded nolo contendere, and one appeal was filed to circuit court.
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Edward J. Ruetz
Anthony Eugene LaMacchia
60Th St
Peter
Anthony Franks
22Nd Ave
Michael Molinaro
Frank Bernardi
62Nd St
Ruetz
Franks
Molinaro
Bernardi
Democrats Push Action As GOP Voices Protest
Democratic leaders opened a drive to rush Truman's tax and welfare program through Congress amid GOP protests. Senate majority leadership signaled swift action with aims to have proposals ripen by inauguration day. Republicans warned of bankruptcy and attacked plans for government steel plants as socialism while budgeting figures for the year ahead loom.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Lucas
Ill
Senate
Response to Truman Message Favorable Public reaction strong
The White House said the public response to President Truman's state of the union message was favorable by about 20 to 1. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross noted about 200 telegrams had been received up to that morning.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Refugees Escape Hungary by Air From Pecs to Budapest
A group of Hungarian refugees fled by commandeered plane and landed in Munich. Captain Janos Majoros said he acted to escape Communist terror and govern his life or death, boarding as a passenger on a scheduled flight from Pecs and taking control after departure. Twenty two participants remained in the plot. three contemplated returning to Hungary.
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Munich
Germany
Hungary
Hungarian National Airways
Janos Majoros
Majoros
Pecs
Budapest
Milos Kuhn
Wisconsin Power and Light seeks $1 million rate rise
Madison based Wisconsin Power and Light Co. applied for a $1,000,000 per year increase in electric rates. Most of the rise would come from a five percent surcharge on customers’ bills to cover higher labor and fuel costs. The company serves Baraboo Beaver Dam Beloit Berlin Delavan Dodgeville Fond du Lac Janesville Lake Geneva Mineral Point Sheboygan Tomah Monroe Portage Ripon and surrounding territory.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Baraboo
Beaver, Dam
Beloit
Berlin
Delavan
Dodgeville
Fond du Lac
Janesville
Lake Geneva
Love to Keep Warm Fails in Colorado Blizzard Ordeal
Miss Myrla Dodero 17 and fiance Phil Deweing 23 survived 45 hours trapped after their car skidded off a snowbound highway near Cabin Green. With heater gone and snow swallowing the vehicle they endured freezing cold, ate animal crackers marshmallows and snow, and planned to marry next June.
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Denver
Myrla Dodero
Miss Dodero
Phil Deweing
Deweing
Cabin Green
Myrla
Phil
Bill Would Hike President's Pay to 100000
Rep John D Dingell introduced a bill to raise the president salary to 100000 a year and add a 100000 tax free expense fund. Current expense fund is 40000. Rayburn expects action before Truman's inauguration on January 20. Action must occur before the date for the president to benefit.
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Washington
U.P
John D. Dingell
Mich
Dingell
House
Sam Rayburn
Truman
Trial of J Parnell Thomas Postponed to Feb 7
Rep J Parnell Thomas current head of the House on American Activities Committee sees his salary kickback trial delayed to February 7 to allow doctors at Walter Reed hospital to assess if he can stand trial without risking his life.
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Washington
U.P
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
House On American Activities Committee
Walter Reed Hospital
Young Turk on GOP Policy Committee Named
Republican senators named two "Young Turks" to the GOP Policy committee adding Ives of New York and Margaret Chase Smith of Maine. Taft was re elected chair, Millikin announced unity behind closed doors, and Republicans seek to widen major committee sizes to aid freshmen amid disputes over Foreign Relations seats held by Democrats.
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Washington
Ives
New York
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
Colorado
Republican Conference
Senate
Foreign Relations
Aviation Mechanic Killed by Jet Engine in Coventry
S W Cooke, 45, an aviation mechanic, was killed when he was sucked into the engine of a jet plane he was examining in Coventry, England. The tragedy occurred today as the worker carried out routine inspection work on the aircraft.
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Coventry, Eng
U.P
S. W. Cooke
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63Rd St
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